Yang Feng stayed in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten days, and the preparations for the expedition had been arranged before he attracted many future generals to discuss matters in the Grand Governor's Office in the South.

On the first day of the fifth day of the ninth year of the Tianqi period, the lobby of the Grand Governor's Office in the South was crowded with people, and the generals under Yang Feng gathered together. Whether it was Geng Bingyi, Chu Maoguang, Li Ge, Qi Yan, Huang Zhenye, Qiu Disheng, who later defected to him, and even the brother-in-law Wu Keshan who surrendered to him with shamelessness, they were all absent.

Of course, there are naturally indispensable here, the Fujian Navy Admiral Lu Guangbiao, Deputy Admiral Liu Xiang and Yang Feng personally transferred Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew from Liaodong.

Seeing dozens of generals sitting in the huge lobby full of the lobby, Yang Feng couldn't help but feel satisfied. The people in the lobby can be said to be his team, and they will not be lacking in the future, whether they are expanding territory for the Ming Dynasty or making achievements.

Looking at the eyes of everyone gathering on him, Yang Feng said aloud: "Okay, I believe you all know why the Japanese man is calling you. Yes, after these days of preparation, we are going to go on a voyage to Southeast Asia."

Speaking of this, Yang Feng stopped and glanced at everyone, and found that most people had a look of excitement on their faces. Chu Maoguang slapped his thighs and said, "I finally have something to do again. These days I have been so tired of being so stupid. Marquis, just tell me, when will I leave? Mo Jiang can't wait."

As soon as Chu Maoguang finished speaking, the atmosphere in the lobby became lively. Gou Xingma, who was beside him, glanced at him: "You guy, you are not cheap, you are still good at being good. Two months ago, you followed the Marquis in Shengjing... Well, now you should be called Shenyang. There was a good fight with the Tartars there, but they made a fortune. Why are you not satisfied?"

Chu Maoguang glared: "Who said I got rich, I just divided that little bit. Besides, who would think that I had too much money!"

"Hey, I said Lao Chu, don't just care about yourself, don't forget that there are still a wave of brothers who are so poor." Yan Di, the commander of Nanjing Jiangning Guard, said this. In the past two years, he has been ordered to stay in Nanjing Jiangning Guard, and this time he has also come.

"Yes, Lao Chu, I heard that you guys have fallen into money recently, and this is not good. If you do this, you will have no friends!" Another general also started to cheer.

As the saying goes, those who are close to the red are red and those who are close to the ink are black. Because they have been with Yang Feng for a long time, many generals of the Jiangning Army have also learned Yang Feng’s catchphrases from modern society.

Looking at the Jiangning Army's generals chatting and fucking without any scruples, the newcomers such as Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, and Wu Keshan showed a look of envy on their faces.

It has been almost five years since Yang Feng came to this time and space, and the Jiangning Army has developed from nothing to something from weak to strong to today. Today, the Jiangning Army has developed into a giant with more than 100,000 armies of the army and navy. Its strength is already the highest in the Ming Dynasty, and the people who first followed Yang Feng have now become important figures of the Jiangning Army one by one.

The Jiangning Army has developed to this day and is inevitably divided into many factions, such as the senate faction represented by Geng Bingyi, Chu Maoguang and others who followed Yang Feng, Huang Jiye, Qiu Disheng faction, Fujian Navy faction, and Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew faction who came in the middle.

Although these factions have never been mentioned on weekdays, just like some unspoken rules in later generations, they do exist.

It has been several months since Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew were ordered to be transferred to Fujian. Although Yang Feng gave him a battalion of troops, food, pay, weapons and armor, like other Jiangning troops, he did feel a slight gap in his daily interactions with Jiangning generals.

Although there is no problem with them talking and communicating with these generals on weekdays, they just feel that these people are less intimate and more polite in their attitude towards them. Cao Wenzhao and his nephew are not fools, so they naturally know that their nephews have not yet received the true recognition of these veterans.

China has always been a land-powered country, and it attaches importance to land and despises the ocean. Therefore, at the beginning, Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew had some ideas about Yang Feng's expedition to Southeast Asia, believing that it was because of the money.

Now when they saw these veterans fighting to follow Yang Feng to expedition to Nanyang, they suddenly realized that there should be something else they don’t understand here, and maybe it would be a chance to go to Nanyang.

Seeing the generals fighting for opportunities, Yang Feng nodded secretly. The ancients said that they were happy when they heard about the war, which means that the morale of the soldiers was available. Otherwise, if they were sad when they heard about the war, it would be fine if they didn't fight this battle.

In fact, the reason why the Jiangning Army is not afraid of war is that in addition to the great reputation he has made over the years and the clear rewards and punishments, the more important thing is that war is beneficial to the soldiers.

Looking at the Jiangning Army’s journey over the years, no war has ever been made. The Jiangning Army stipulates that all the seizures outside the army, except for 60% of the remittances, the remaining 40% belong to the soldiers.

Don’t underestimate these 40% of the seizures. Nowadays, many soldiers of the Jiangning Army have made money by seizures. These people have returned to their hometowns to build houses and marry wives. Not to mention how comfortable this life is.

Interests have always been the driving force for human progress, and this has been the case since ancient times, and the army is no exception.

Of course, in later generations, there was an army fighting for the country and nation. They were ragged, their equipment was simple, and they didn't even have military pay, but they were still able to sacrifice their lives for the country and the people. This is an iron army that can't be defeated or dragged.

But there is a prerequisite here, that is, this army must have a high degree of organization, discipline and strict program, and countless like-minded people must work together to fight for it.

Obviously, Yang Feng did not have the ability to build such an army, so he could only use the most primitive benefits to guide this army to expand territory for the Ming Dynasty.

He gave generous military salaries to the army, equip them with the best weapons, and told them that as long as you win a battle, you will not only get money, land and women, but also get the opportunity to be promoted. Once such conditions are set, basically no one can resist this temptation.

Seeing the generals below quarreling about the war, Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction. No matter what the army was fighting for, as long as they could expand the space for survival for the Ming Dynasty and the people of China, everything they did was worthy of encouragement and praise.

Yang Feng said to everyone: "Okay, don't fight, let me read the list of this expedition."

As Yang Feng finished speaking, the originally noisy lobby immediately became quiet.

"This time we went to Nanyang, the first batch of Fujian Navy's Second Fleet was dispatched, and the first fleet was left behind. As for the army..."

Speaking of this, Yang Feng looked at the lower left hand, "Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, I wonder how your men are training?"

Seeing Yang Feng ask himself, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao quickly stood up and said in unison: "Report to the Marquis, the Fifth Battalion and the Cavalry Brigade have been prepared long ago, and I'll wait for your order."

"good!"

Yang Feng nodded: "Let's do this, this time there will be Cao Wenzhao's Fifth Battalion, Wu Keshan's Three Thousand Cavalry, Cao Bianjiao's Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Battalion, and the Medical Battalion Department as the first batch of troops to go on the expedition. The rest of the units stayed in various places and set off in three days. Do you understand?"

The voices of the generals were heard in the lobby: "Abide by the Marquis' military order!"

On the sixth day of the fifth day of the ninth year of the Apocalypse, Yang Feng led a fleet of more than 200 warships and merchant ships from Xiamen, passed through Taiwan and then headed towards Luzon. After more than ten days of navigation fleet, he arrived at their destination, Lavag, the westernmost part of Luzon.

On the deck of the second-class battleship located in the middle of the fleet, Liu Xiang pointed to the considerable dock in front of him and said to Yang Feng: "Marty, this is our first stop, Lavag, which belongs to Luzon."

Looking at the dock where ships kept coming and going, Yang Feng touched his chin. It seemed that this was the famous tourist city of Lavague, the Philippines in later generations. The scenery looked really good.
Chapter completed!